smoke from kitchen chimneys produced when cooking or heating

cook or kitchen staff, usually in a large organization such as a school, factory, or military unit

cooking; kitchen work related to preparing food

utensils or tools used for cooking food, such as pots, pans, stoves, or ladles; cookware

to cook a meal in the open air, often over a campfire during an outing

Even the most capable person cannot accomplish anything without the necessary means or materials.

A meal cooked without rice; used to describe a task that is impossible to complete because the necessary materials or conditions are missing

to have no fuel or rice to cook with; to go hungry because of extreme poverty

Type of steamed wheat cake, originally called [[蒸饼|蒸餅|zheng1 bing3]] but renamed during the Song Dynasty to avoid the naming taboo of Emperor Renzong (Zhao Zhen)

A metal container used to boil water for tea, typically featuring a double-walled design with a central chimney for a fire; also called a [[茶汤壶|茶湯壺|cha2 tang1 hu2]].

(literary) breakfast

the fire or smoke used for cooking; by extension, signs of human habitation or activity

A brush made from bamboo strips used for cleaning pots and bowls.

to fuss over petty details or perform tedious, pointless busywork

to cook separately as a result of living apart or splitting a household

cooking smoke rising and curling into the air, often used to describe a peaceful village scene at mealtime

to cook; to prepare meals; to do the cooking

a soldier assigned to cooking duties for a military unit

A squad or group responsible for cooking and kitchen duties in a military unit or other large organization.

(archaeology) ancient vessels used for cooking food

(literary) to burn firewood that is as expensive as cinnamon; used to describe high cost of living and difficult life circumstances

to attempt something impossible; a waste of effort or a futile task

to cook sand to make rice; a metaphor for a futile effort or a waste of energy

To light a fire and cook or prepare food; to manage a kitchen.

to waste one's effort on a fruitless task; to attempt the impossible

(literary) to move or stir; used to describe the way dust or small particles fly and float in the wind

To be deprived of one's wife; to be widowed. This literary expression comes from a story about a dream of cooking in a mortar ([[臼|臼|jiu4]]), which, because it lacked a pot, sounded like having no wife.

A literary idiom for the grief caused by the death of a wife; derived from an anecdote where cooking in a mortar (jiù) symbolized being without a pot (fǔ), a homophone for wife (fù) in certain dialects

rich and delicate food; used to describe an extremely luxurious and extravagant lifestyle or banquet

To burn bones for fuel and exchange children to eat; describes a tragic situation of extreme famine or being under siege where all supplies are exhausted.

(idiom) literally "the rice is already cooked," meaning it is an accomplished fact that is impossible to reverse

smoke that curls and rises slowly into the air while cooking

food is as precious as jade and firewood is more expensive than cassia wood; describes a situation where the cost of living is extremely high and life is difficult